>JoAnn Betten <[log in to unmask]> asked:
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>>i am just wondering, do i need a calcium supplement on neanderthin?  i
>>usually do a multivitamin (one-a-day essential), 1000mg vitamon c time
>>release, and 600 mg calcium, every day.  i think i can do without the multi,
>>since i'm eating a good variety of fruit/nuts/meat/veggies, but i'm just
>>wondering where the calcium will come from.

Most nuts, sesame seeds, seaweed, some fruits (dates, figs, raisins, prune,
papaya, elderberry) and green leafy veggies (esp. kale and "tops" such as
beet and turnip, plus parsley, nettle, watercress, dandelion, raspberry
leaf, and other wild greens) as well as bones are all good sources of
calcium.  Some fish bones you can eat.  Animal bones can be soaked in
vinegar to leach out the calcium.  Chocolate, spinach, rhubarb, and
brewer's yeast interfere with calcium absorption.

Jane